Kmets Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kmets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kmets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2211:205,98527,741
Belarus741:128,39318,481
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
Finland61:916,11741,832
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Kmets Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kmets Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kmets (Russian: Кмец) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kmets? popularity and diffusion

Kmets is the 835,661st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. The last name Kmets is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kmets live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Kmets is most common in Ukraine, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 205,985. In Ukraine Kmets is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 29 percent are found, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found. Not including Ukraine this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 22 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.

Kmets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kmet893,524/
Kmes892/
Kmetsch8363/
Kmetz802,632/
Kmett80317/
Khmes80124/
Kmeth8098/
Kmyts8034/
Kmecs8011/
Kmits8010/
Kmete807/
Kmesh806/
Kmesz801/
Kmetzsch77103/
Kmietsch7746/
Kme7517/
Khmeit73791/
Khmees73131/
Kmetcz7312/
Khmeas735/
Khmies735/
Khmess734/
Kmitts733/
Khmeth733/
Kmeitz732/
Kmecht732/
Kmiess731/
Kmeitt731/
Kmetch731/
Kmietz731/
Kmeuss730/
Kmec671,662/
Kmyt671,192/
Kmit67774/
Kmetova67146/
Kmeč67105/
Kmetová6791/
Cmet6729/
Kmez6713/
Kmiesch6711/
Kmeć6711/
Cmes675/
Keđemet674/
Kmätsch673/
Kmie673/
Kmeu673/
Kqme672/
Kmis672/
Khmeesh672/
Khme672/
Kcme672/
Kmed672/
Kmjs671/
Kmét671/
Kmge671/
Kmex671/
Gkme671/
Hkme671/
Khmeiss671/
Kmei671/
Kmey671/

Kmets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kmets in the Russian language
Кмецkmec-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kmets
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